They hate it cuz it's true

[fridi]

When speaking truth to power political cartoons are not always meant to be funny. Many times they have slapped us in the face and forced us to look at reality.



While this was originally published in a Canadian newspaper, the owner seems to have a fear of retaliation from Trump with his other business ventures. Thus, killing freedom of speech and press.

J.D. Irving, Limited is not only a privately owned conglomerate headquartered in New Brunswick, it's also an international behemoth with global reach. Trade has been an issue since Trump took office, trade that affects the Irvings directly, not to mention a host of other issues. And the POTUS himself is someone who doesn't usually shy away from punishing those who appear to oppose him.

You must have noticed that about Trump and revenge by now. He'll send you to the cornfield.

Of course, now the newspaper has painted itself into a corner, first having run the cartoon and then turning around and firing the guy for it. The problem is, the cartoon spoke truth. And Trump's ego couldn't handle it. These guys should be ashamed of themselves.

Comments

[oportet]

Speaking truth to power would have been addressing this problem pre-Trump.

We had deaths at the border then (and deportations, and 'cages', and family separation).

No clever comics though. No reporters fighting back tears, no outraged representatives.

Now - everyone wants to give a shit, but no one wants to give an explanation as to why they didn't before.

They should be ashamed of themselves? I couldn't agree more.

Some clarifications

[dewline]

The Irving family, via Brunswick News Inc. (BNI), owns all the daily newspapers in New Brunswick, in addition to Irving Oil. Michael de Adder made a point of not trying to sell this particular cartoon to those newspapers because of a standing editorial policy at BNI, but because it did appear in other news services, it went viral anyway. And that is when the axe was brought down...which it was apparently going to be anyway because of issues re: de Adder's opinion of the premier of New Brunswick, himself a former executive at Irving Oil.

http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2019/06/29/brunswick-news-inc-cancels-michael-de-adder/